Personal Narrative: My Blue Spine Game

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It was a freezing cold springtime snowy day, with a gray sky and heavy snowfall, this was only the beginning of a very terrible lacrosse game for me. As a freshman, I was still new to the concept that lacrosse was not a game canceled because of low temperatures and snow so heavy you can't even see 3 feet in front of you. So, nonetheless, the game is still on. Now, I am a pretty superstitious person, sitting in the locker room gnawing on my rubber blue mouthguard and retaping my stick with black tape. That's how it always goes before gametime, that is my thing. Little did I know, I forgot my blue rubber mouthguard at home. I tossed my equipment savagely around the locker room trying to find this stupid little piece of cheap rubber that is out of commission. …show more content…

If there is one thing I know, it is that I love starburst, specifically the pink ones, but I had an idea on how they could help me out. As I sat pondering my thoughts, I had a lightbulb moment. As my teammates and I were lining up for mouthguard checks, I sneakily started chewing four starbursts and used my tongue to fold the chewed up pink sticky candy. I showed the referee my teeth with a concerned smile on my face, but he said I am good to go. I step on the field with high hopes and high intentions that I will score and have a great game, and that simply was just not the case. I kept dropping passes and missing simple ground balls, I felt like an automobile with no motor. The second half starts, and I'm right back where I left off. I’m getting hit left and right, knocked down and barely getting up. Fourth quarter, 4:36 left on the clock, “this dreadful game is almost over” I think to myself. My teammate Ben has the ball behind the

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